Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-10-22

Chinese arc pass onatcly fond Of Thorn.
and NJ festival Chnaman WHO cam
afford IL carries music box in eauls
pocket"
VIVA, mnsic do they like beStg"
"All Chinese musici they viii lnvo-
no other. Tho sweetest strains frogm
'Trovatore.' 'Mignon' and Faust are
as sweet bells tangled ont Of tune to "a
Chinaman. We have TO employ men
who can reduce the Chinese muse 10
written notes. and from this NJ 'eopy'
the music box is made. We have to
make up different seG of tunes for
every country. If we shonld send
boxes to France that played Nellie
Gray Way down upon 6uwannee
River. When You and 4 Were Young.
Maggie or Sweet Bye-and-bye,' we
sould get them back quick enough.
National airs are the first tunes cllos-
en-, then popular tunes. thea selections
from famous operas. Scotch fHnes. except
Aud Lang Syne' and Bonnie Doom, =
are difficult to render effectively BIZ a
music box, and they are rarely used
The great expense In the manufacture
of music boxes arises from the necessity
of changing the tunes. discarding those
that are tiresome, and substituting the
latest and most popular. Bat sit down,
while we talk
The writer took seak and tho
strains Of the ..FarandoIe'' FROM .sOii-
vette'' fioated from beneath the chair.
Have cigarP" He turned cigar
stand and there came out Of ii the air
Of the drinking song FROM "Girofc-
/ Girofla-''
This is the picture Of onr Swiss fac
tory"
As the album was opened ihere came
out Of il an air from FRA DiavoIos
'sWill you take a pinch Of snuff"
As the lid was raised there was A.
whisper OF Should Aud Acquaintance
be Forgot?''
1--WE have a customer who has -
mnsic-box attachment to his frout door,
and his visitors are always greeted by
a tune. A music box can be con-
cealed in a very small compass. and
one of the reigning demands is for ar
ticles that contain them SO as 10 create
pleasant surprises. Dolls clocks ana
books are provided with them. Near
| ~ all of the music boxes are made ins
1 Saints Croix or Geneva in Switzar--
land
THE principle Of manufacture is
simple. The different parts comprise
a brass roller. studded with fine points
Of the hardest steel. steel comb, tho
teeth of which give the sounds. o.
spring to give the revolving motion to.
the cylinder. and fiy wheel OF fan to.
regulate the revolving melton The
music has ut first to be arranged BIZ
q thorough artist The cylinder
which comes from the machine shop
is then placed in the hands Of WON
an. who. with the aid Of the music.
and very ingenious machine. MARKS
the places on the cylinder where thc.
points are to be inserted. An other per
son drills all the little holes. anil am
other inserts the points Tine cylinder
is then filed with molten cement, anR
then placed on the lathe and revolyaE
quickly. The cement adheres 80 the
inside surface. and thus holds the
points. A whole is left in the censrs,
of the cylinder for the axis. Ths
points are then filed down so.
as to be of equal length, fhs
comb is tuned BY a timer who FIRST
files the teeth, without excessive care
to give them the proper iexibility. and
then files them near the base TO lower
the tones. The operation Of fastening
the cylinder and comb TO the bed plate
requires much accuracy. 80 that the
points Of the cylinder and comb viii
exactly meet. A woman following
The music then bends the points on the
cylinder slightly forward in order 10
secure more strength, but more espc-
cially to make the chords drop stimuli
taneonsls and cause the runs or roa-
ladies to be PLAYED evenly.
Size in music boxes increases bolk
their volume and their richness in
tone. A cylinder ten inches long can
be made to play six. eight ten or
twelve airs well; but win plas six or
eight airs better and with more har-
mony of ound than ii can be made 10
play greater number. The reason Of
this is that more pc MS on the cyliader
and more teeth in the comb can b..
nsed for each air if there are fewer 3 Is.
The space between the teeth decreases
with the number of airs If the cYl-
inder is increased in diameter the ass
may be prolonged. =
chow long does music box last?
.'It is like watch. Ii VIII last a
life time il il is good TO begin with.
and is treated well and with care.
Most owners Of music boxes object TO
using them except for company. The
fact IS music box should b. useS every
day. just as watch should be wound
up every day. --Jescel,y Neios.
CT 43,.. ,or,foY,1er